Harris’s Achilles Heel, Apple’s Film Strategery, Mar-a-Lago Nightmares

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon medley of Puck’s freshest reporting.

First up today, Lauren Sherman diagnoses the growing pains facing legendary designer Phoebe Philo’s still-nascent-ish namesake brand. Sure, most new companies are riddled with logistics muckups and frustrating customer service interactions, but most startups aren’t backed by LVMH. Is this thing just getting started—or will it never really start?

Plus, below the fold: John Ourand gets the skinny on the Netflix-CBS-NFL arranged marriage. Peter Hamby outlines the G.O.P.’s evolving Kamala Harris attack plan. Scott Mendelson explains why It Ends With Us could reignite a latent film genre. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri and Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen evaluate Harris’s ability to win over anti-Trump Republicans. On The Town, Matt Belloni rings up Lucas Shaw to chew over Apple’s puzzling film strategy. And on The Powers That Be, Tara and Peter divulge the latest tremors rocking Mar-a-Lago and Bedminster.

LAUREN SHERMAN

Can the beloved designer, who created boho chic and changed what women wore, successfully navigate startup growing pains?

JOHN OURAND

After being rebuffed by numerous TV networks to produce their hard-won pair of Christmas Day NFL games, Netflix finally found a dance partner in CBS. Of course, there were several key concessions…

PETER HAMBY

While the Harris campaign coasts on vibes and momentum, Republicans are sharpening new lines of attack on the economy and immigration. New polling shows Harris is particularly vulnerable on those two fronts—if Trump, the party’s least disciplined messenger, can effectively caricature her before she redefines herself.

SCOTT MENDELSON

After years of ignoring female-focused melodramas, romantic comedies, cat-and-mouse thrillers, etcetera—a string of hits like It Ends With Us may finally convince Hollywood to revisit some of its tried-and-true genres.